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MANIFOLD CASH SALESBO'OK.

No. 572,022. Patented Nov. 24, 1896."

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J. H. MURPHY, MANIFOLD GASH SALES BOOK.

No. 572,022. Patented Nov. 24, 1896.

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UNITED STATES 4 PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. MURPHY, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y.

MANIFOLD CASH-SALES BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,022, dated November24, 1896.

Application filed December 19, 1895. Serial No. 572,695. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. MURPHY, of New York city, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Manifold Gash-SalesBook, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved manifoldcash-sales book more especially designed for use in stores and arrangedto enable the salesmen to quickly and conveniently write out a duplicatesalesslip on a doubled-up leaf and remove the same in separate partsfrom the book and make an entry of each sale.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations ofthe same,as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement in an open position.Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same with the leaves removed. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional elevation of the improvement. Fig. 3 is a likeview of part of the same and with the cover opened for inserting theleaves. Fig. 4: is a transverse section of the same, and Fig. 5 is aface yiew of the record-sheet.

The improved manifold cash-sales book is provided with a cover A,the twoparts of which are united with each other by a suitable flexible'back B,to permit the cover to be closed in the same manner as an ordinary book.

On the inside of the cover A is placed a record-sheet C, ruled in theusual manner and arranged to permit the salesmen to make a record ofeach sale on the said sheet. On top of this record-sheet C are arrangeda number of suitably printed and numbered sales slips or leaves D,perforated at or near their middle at D and extending over both parts ofthe cover, but not close to the ends thereof, so that the lower end ofthe record-sheet O is visible when the book is opened, as indicated inFigs. 1 and 3.

A transfer-sheet E, preferably a carbonsheet, is engaged at its inner ordoubled-up end by a transversely-extendin g bar F,formed with springside arms F, extending on the sides of the leaves D and secured topivots G,

held on one end of the cover A and forming 'fulcrums for the arms H,preferably made pressed bar F binds the leaves in place on the cover.

Itwill be understood that the bar F, besides securely holding the leavesD and transfer-sheet E in place, permits of tearing the top leaf intotwo parts after the sale is recorded thereon.

Now it will be seen that when the several parts are assembled, as shownin Figs. 1 and 3, the book can be readily opened, so that the leaves Dare stretched out lengthwise on the cover A, and the transfer-sheet Eextends from the bar F downward over the lower half of the top leaf D,as is plainly shown in Fig. 1. Now when a sale is made the salesmantakes the upper half of the top leaf D' and swings it downward on top ofthe copying or transfer sheet E and then writes the sale on the exposedtop face of the uppermost leaf, whereby a duplicate is made of thewriting by the sheet E on top of the lower half of thetop leaf D. lVhenthis has been done, the operator takes hold of the lower ends of the topleaf D and pulls thereon, so that the leaf is separated into two partsat its perforations on the bar F.

By reference to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the transfer-sheet E isshorter than each half of the leaf D, so that the salesman canconveniently take hold of the ends of the top leaf without soiling thefingers on the transfer-sheet and pull on the same to separate fer-sheetE. The two parts of the uppermost of the leaves D become the sales-slipson re- IOO moval from the book, and after the sales-slips have beenremoved and one given to the customer and the other to the cashier thenthe salesman writes the sale on the record-sheet (J, it being understoodthat the latter can be readily exposed, the salesman swinging the leavesD, resting on the said record-sheet, back, while holding his finger onthe lower end of the record-sheet and turning the lower parts of theleaves D up upon the upper parts of the said leaves. As the leaves aregrad nally removed from the book the spring-bar F moves inward by theaction of its spring side arms F, so that the transfer-sheet and theleaves are securely held in place until all the. leaves are removed.

In order to insure a proper clamp of the last leaves, I provide theupper part of the cover A at the flexible back B with a transverse ridgeI, located over the stiffening-strip B, and against one edge of whichthe lower-' most leaves are clamped by the action of the spring-bar F.Then the leaves are all removed, a new set of leaves can be readily putinto the cover, the operator opening the side arms H, thereby allowingthe back B to drop down, which creates an opening between the cross-barF and the upper half of cover A, as plainly shown in Fig. 3.

The transverse stilfening-stri p B", onto which the perforated middleportions of the leaves D are pressed by the spring-bar F, is engaged atits ends on top and bottom by the arms, H, so as to hold this flapnormally in alinement with the adjacent cover part.

The leaves D for forming the salessslips and used with cover A do notrequire binding, wire-stitching, or other like fastening for holding theleaves in place before inserting thesame in the cover, all that isnecessary for this. purpose being a simple elastic or paper band passedaround the leaves and a transferring lea'f, and which band is removedas. soon as the leaves are placed in position in the book.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A manifold cash'sales book, comprising a coverhaving a flexible back provided with a stiffening-strip, and side armsheld on the cover and adapted to engage the said stiffening-strip, tohold the latter in alinement with that part of the cover carryingthesaid arms, the latter when open permitting the entire flexible back toswing downward for inserting new leaves, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. A manifold cash-sales book, comprising a cover having a flexibleback, a stiffeningstrip in the said back, and a clamping-bar held on thecover and extending transversely over the said back andstiifening-strip, and side bars pivoted on the cover part adjacent tothe said strip, to hold the latter normally in alinem ent with the saidcover,substantially as shown and described.

3. A manifold cash-sales book, comprising a book-cover, leaves forforming sales-slips and held on the said book-cover, the leaves beingperforated transversely at or near their middle, a transfer-sheet, aspring-pressed bar for holding the said leaves and transfer-sheet inplace, the bar extending across the leaves at their perforations, thetransfer-sheet extending outward over one-half of the salesslip leaf,and pivoted side arms arranged on the cover and adapted to engage theside edges of the said leaves to hold the latter in place, substantiallyas shown and described.

4. A manifold cash-sales book, provided with a book-cover, he ving aflexible-back, and arms pivoted on the said book-cover and formed withlugs adapted to engage the side edges of the leaves at the said back,substantially as shown and described.

5. A book, comprising a cover having a flexible portion carryingastiffening-strip and also carrying a strip forming a ridge,,.atransverse clamping-bar, and an arm carried by the cover and capable ofholding the stiffen,- ing-strip. rigid with the cover, substantially asdescribed. 7

6. A book, comprising a cover having a flexible portion carrying astiifening-strip, a transverse clamping-bar, and an arm carried by thecover and capable of holding, the still;- ening-strip rigid with thecover, substantially as described.

, 7. A book comprising a cover having a flexible body portion carrying ast-ifieningstrip, a transverse clamping-bar, and an army carried'by thecover and capable of holding the stiffening-strip rigid with the cover,the arm having a lug capable of engaging the edges of the leaves of thebook and of holding the same from transverse displacement, substantiallyas described.

JOHN H. MURPHY. lVitnesses:

EDWARD V. NIcHoLsoN, WILLIAM F. HEALY.

